πᾰνήγῠρ-ις,
Doric dialect πανᾱγ-, εως, ἡ, (πᾶς, ἄγυρις)
general or
national assembly, ἐν πανηγύρει βουλευσόμεσθα [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially
a festal assembly in honour of a national god, Δήμητρος ἁγνῆς καὶ Κόρης [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; πανηγύριας πανηγυρίζειν, ποιήσασθαι, to hold
such festivals, keep
holy-days, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεωρίαι ἐς τὰς ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι π. Decrees cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Egypt, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐν ταῖς π. καὶ δείξεσι τῶν σοφιστῶν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
any assembly, θεῶν ἅδε πανάγυρις [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; νεοσσῶν, φίλων, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
metaphorically, π. ὀφθαλμῶν
feast for the eyes, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸν. Ἔχετον χρυσὸν ἀποδείξων καὶ π. destined to exhibit [
Refs 5th c.BC+] as gold and a
feast (by comparison with himself), [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
3.b) in bad sense, παίγνιον ὁ βίος καὶ πλάνη καὶ π. [
Refs]
II)
people assembled, τῇ π. δέος ἐγένετο μὴ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally,
crowd, audience, ὅταν ᾖ π. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]